Edited by Gary F. Leatham and Michael E. Himmel

Enzymes in Biomass Conversion

Edited by Gary F. Leatham and Michael E. Himmel

Description

Offering recent worldwide developments, internationally known scientists report on enzymes that are potentially important to large-scale commercial biochemical processes, including fuel and chemical feedstock production, pulp and paper processing, waste degradation and processing, and food processing. Chapters cover basic knowledge of what enzymes are available, what their properties are, and how best to use them. Describes specific enzyme applications, methods of enzyme production, and characteristics of individual enzymes. Among the methods for producing and recovering enzymes described are enzyme cloning, liquid fermentation, enzyme immobilization, and enzyme cross-linking. Also presents alternate viewpoints on the question of lignin degradation and other
controversial subjects.

Enzymes in Biomass Conversion

Edited by Gary F. Leatham and Michael E. Himmel

Table of Contents

Enzymes for Fuels and Chemical FeedstocksEnzymes in Pulp and Paper ProcessingEnzymes for Anaerobic Municipal Solid Waste DisposalThermostable Saccharidases: New Sources, Uses, and BiodesignsAlkali-Enzymes Produced by an Alkaliphilic Bacillus Strain: Mannan-Degrading Enzymes Produced by Bacillus sp. AM-001Proteinases and Their Inhibitors in BiotechnologySubtilisin: Commercially Relevant Model for Large-Scale Enzyme ProductionEnzymes from Solid Substrates: Recovering Extracellular Degradative Enzymes from Lenticula edodes Cultures Grown on Commercial Wood MediumProduction of Trichoderma reesei Cellulase System with High Hydrolytic Potential by Solid-State FermentationRole of Statistically Designed Experiments in the
Development of Efficient Downstream ProcessesEnhanced Utility of Polysaccharidases through Chemical Cross-linking and Immobilization ApplicationsBioprocessing Aids in the Recovery of Proteins from BiomassChromatography in Enzyme Isolation and ProductionLignin Peroxidase: Catalysis, Oxycomplex, and Heme-Linked IonizationStructure and Regulation of Manganese Peroxidase Gene from Phanerochaete chrysosporiumRegulation of Ligninase Production in White-Rot FungiLaccases of the Ligninolytic FungusPilot-Scale Production and Properties of Lignin PeroxidasesChemistry of Lignin Degradation: An Extracurricular ViewLignin-Carbohydrate Complexes from Polar Wood: Isolation and Enzymatic DegradationCellulase: Insights through Recombinant
DNA ApproachesStructure of Cellulolytic EnzymesThermal Unfolding of Trichoderma reesei CBH IBacterial CellulasesRegulation of SynthesisCellulomonas fimi *b-1,4-GlucanasesComparison of Amylopullulanase to *a-Amylase and PullulanaseCyclodextrin Glucanotransferases: Technology and Biocatalysis DesignStarch Liquefacation with a Highly Thermostable Cyclodextrin Glycosyl Transferase from Thermoanaerobacter sp.Reactions of Glucansucrases in the Biomass Conversion of SucroseBiotechnological Potential and Production of Xylanolytic Systems Free of CellulasesCatalytic Properties and Partial Amino Acid Sequence of an Actinomycete Endo-(1RT4)-*b-D-Xylanase from Chainia sp.Accessory Enzymes Involved in the Hydrolysis of XylansComparison of Endolytic Hydrolases That Depolymerize 1,4-*b-D-Mannan, 1,5-*a-L-Arabinan, and 1,4-*b-D-GalactanMicrobial Strategies for the Depolymerization of Plant and Algal PolyuronatesSynergism between 1,3-*b-Glucanases in Yeast Cell Wall ZymolysisChitinases